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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard O Juengel, Romeo, MI (US);
Assignee:
GTE Valeron Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29 57 ; 33558 ; 340686 ; 408 16 ; 409133 ; 455603 ;
Abstract
Various techniques are disclosed for controlling the operation of a workpiece inspection procedure using a battery operated probe to contact the workpiece and transmit information back to a controller in a machine tool system. In one embodiment, battery power is applied to the probe transmission circuitry in response to a flash of infrared radiation. In another embodiment, the probe is turned on by touching the probe against a reference surface. In both embodiments, a timer is provided to automatically disconnect the batteries after a predetermined time period. In such manner battery life is prolonged.